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Title:
New Frontiers - Exploration
Agreement Number:
-
Agreement Value:
$250,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 29, 2019 - Mar 28, 2020
Description:
This program provides grants to support transformative interdisciplinary and high-risk research led by researchers at eligible institutions. The program also supports fast-breaking research in response to urgent issues and time-sensitive opportunities for international collaboration, and provides targeted funding for research in emerging areas. The program is administered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on behalf of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and SSHRC.
Organization:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Expected Results:

This program provides grants to support high risk, high reward and interdisciplinary research that is not easily supported through funding opportunities currently offered by the three agencies. It seeks to inspire projects that bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches by research teams with the capacity to explore something new, which might fail but has the potential for significant impact. Exploration grants aim to have a variety of types of impacts, some of which might be social, economic, scientific, artistic or cultural.

Location:
SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, CA B1P6L3
Reference Number:
207-2019-2020-Q1-02203
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Individual or sole proprietorship
Additional Information:

Grant paid jointly on behalf of CIHR, NSERC & SSHRC.

Recipient's Legal Name:
Zhang, Xu
Research Organization:
Cape Breton University
Program:
New Frontiers
Program Purpose:

This program provides grants to support high risk, high reward and interdisciplinary research that is not easily supported through funding opportunities currently offered by the three agencies. It seeks to inspire projects that bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches by research teams with the capacity to explore something new, which might fail but has the potential for significant impact. Exploration grants aim to have a variety of types of impacts, some of which might be social, economic, scientific, artistic or cultural.